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JOSEPH GOTTEIEB, OF BOSTON, MASSAOUSETTS. Letters Patent o. 72,630, dated December 24, 1867. i

IMPROVED TASSEL-LAMP FOR WINDOW-CURTAINS.

TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM- THESE PRESENTS MAY COME: v j Be it known that I, JOSEPH .GOTTLIEB, of Boston, in the county of Su'olk, and State of Massachusetts,

have made a new and useful invfention, having reference to theiattachment of a Down-Haul Tassel'to the Curtain or Shade of a Window, and I do hereby declarethe same to he fully described in the followingV specication, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- A Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Figure 2 a vertical and transverse section of a tassel and window-shade with my invention applied thereto.

The purpose of the invention is to enable the tassel to be either readily aixed to or removed from the lower part and bar of the shade.

In the common way, heretofore practised, of attaching a down-haul tassel to a. window-shade, the cord of the tassel was run through the bemand the stick or bar of the shade,'and afterwards vtied in a knot.

' After separation of the par-ts for the purpose of enabling the shade to be washed, and washing the shade, it has generally been found diiiieult to bring the holes iu the hem in proper coincidence with the hole in the stick or bar placed within the hem, attempts to accomplish such being generally attended with m're or less tearing'of or injury to the shade. Y With my invention no hole through the shade or bar thereof is requisite. In carrying out my said invention, I attach the curtain-cord 'to the shade by means of a jawed clamp to embrace the curtain-hem and the bar.

In the-drawings, A denotes the shade or curtain, of which a is the hem, and 6 the bar or stick placed within such hem. B is the tassel, of which c is the cord, and C the jawed clasp xed to the upper end of the cord. The said clasp consistsof two jaws, dd', united together, so as-to be capable of being easily moved either away from or toward each others A rod -or wire, e, bent twice, at wright angle, or thereabohts, in manneras represented in g. 2, isattached at one end to one of the jaws, 'and passes through a hole inthe other jaw,andhas a screw cut on the part projecting beyond the latter jaw. A clamp-nuthf, is screwed upon'such screw, and serves, with the screw-wire e, to clamp the jaws upon the curtain-hem and its bar. A A

lBy bending the clamp-wire, in manner as described,`it forms a stop to prevent the screw-nut from forcing tlxejaws too closely together, so as to injure their connection when they and such connection are made in one piece of sheet metal. Each of the jaws should be provided with spurs or claws, as shown at it h h.

I claim the clasp, made as described, viz, with the clamp-wire bent and arranged and combined with the twojaws, in manner as explained.

JOSEPH GOTTLIEB.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, SAMUEL N. PIPER. 

